DescriptionA beautiful Indian woman and a noble, ambitious Cossack hunter join in a passionate union in this compelling New York Times best seller. This Indian-Cossack pairing is the start of a family tree that grows to include several generations of native Alaskans.
DescriptionTermed the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the southwestern Indians and the first protest novel of California, Ramona is the story of 3 cultures - Indian, Mexican, and Anglo - locked in combat. The upheaval and injustice are humanized through the romance of a beautiful half-Indian orphan who grow up as the ward of Señora Moreno in privileged surroundings, then falls in love with an Indian and joins him in a life of poverty and tragedy. The Ramona Pageant in Hemet, California, based on this romance, has played each year since 1923, reenacting the transition period between Mexican traditions and the new U.S. and state governments.
DescriptionThis collection of traditional Lakota stories is dedicated to children of all nations and races. The stories are a giveaway, a way of returning the gift of the stories preserved by Lakota elders and grandparents to pass on the traditions and perspectives of their people. These stories, usually told on winter evenings, are intended to teach proper behavior or a moral lesson, but without the narrow moralizing of many familiar fables. Good and evil are neither obvious nor polarized, and the multidimensional characters must face difficult choices, similar to ones that children and adults encounter in the present day. Storyteller Dovie Thomason has carefully selected seven timeless Lakota stories to teach and entertain youngsters, and their parents, too.
DescriptionStoryteller Dovie Thomason shares a collection of Native American stories "dedicated to our grandmothers, those strong women who committed themselves to preserving an identity and values for the coming generations." These grandmothers would tell animal stories that taught their grandchildren to respect themselves and Mother Earth and also served as a guide to life without punishment or embarrassing confrontation. Through the mistakes, bad choices, and often unruly antics of the "animal people", we are shown human weakness and are gently and humorously reminded to look at our own. In Lessons from the Animal People, Dovie Thomason collects her grandmother's most treasured stories, which have continued to delight children across the generations.
